orange so under the deal macedonia will not be called the republic of north macedonia or the settlement hopes to end the twenty eight year old dispute between the two countries and the macedonian prime minister is iran ziad has congratulated his agreed counterpart and he tweeted this take a look congratulations my friend alexis tsipras together with our peoples we reached a historic victory johnson covering the story joining us from athens but not everyone is happy that this is a done deal john. no indeed there are a lot of positive reactions from europe particularly from nato and the european union the two bodies. which the republic of north macedonia now in theory at least stands to join to the lifting of the greek veto. again stolzenberg secretary general of nato saying it's an important contribution

to the stability and prosperity of the region donald tusk european council president praising the two prime ministers for their imagination and courage and putting the common good ahead of their narrow political interests but here in greece there are mixed reactions from the people that were on the square behind me earlier on very very negative reactions a very depressed atmosphere frankly after the vote it was more like a funeral than a political protest as people realize that this deal was now done the government the minority government of alexis cheapness that has one hundred forty five and peas in that three hundred seat chamber was joined by eight m.p.'s who crossed the aisle forming a majority of one hundred fifty three a rather large majority. by the standards of greek politics these days in order to get this passed now mr t. plus of course hailed it as

a new era of peace and prosperity for the balkans of mutual understanding of friendship. given that this region is mostly characterized by wars and clashes and disagreements but his conservative opposition leader because we said thank you saw it differently he said look there are going to be problems that will arise from this he said i shall not give up greece's right to veto scope is entry to the european union he is using the usual greek reference to its northern neighbor by the name of the capital city of scorpio rather than calling it. north macedonia and he said i will fight with all my strengths to mitigate the negative impacts that is sure to arise from this problematic agreement all right john remains to be seen in the weeks and months ahead who is right ok for the time being john thank you so we brought you that breaking news earlier on and just an update about the federal aviation administration in the u.s. and delays at several airports because of

a shortage of air traffic control staff specifically at la guardia and this of course being linked to the u.s. government shutdown now in its thirty fifth day there are reports that the u.s. president donald trump is preparing to declare a national emergency in order to get funding for his border wall which is really at the center of the shutdown dispute a bill to get the five billion dollars from congress was defeated on thursday and the shutdown is leaving eight hundred thousand workers about to miss their second monthly paycheck. met two of them in kansas city for defeat a hanson debil zz just keep piling up that's because she was sent home without pay a month ago for her customer service job at the u.s. taxi chancy field office in kansas city the longer the shutdown lasts the more pressure she feels like below is two hundred thousand dollars a month. so it's to pay half the light b.-o.

and half my heating because it's cold. to buy food or to buy partial medicine chiquita goldsby has worked for the taxi chintzy for twenty five years and without pay since december even before the shutdown but he was tight now even paying for the basics is a challenge is hard. it is i'm just like everybody else you know paycheck to paycheck and i have to figure out where my gas water's going to come from figure out where my next meal's doesn't come from and rent rates do every month but it's worse chiquita has severe asthma and can't afford the sixty dollars for her prescription it says forty six inhalations lives that will only last till the end of the month i ask her what will

happen when it's gone then i'm out i'm out. just here in kansas city there are seven different federal government agencies that have offices here including the department of commerce the internal revenue service and the environmental protection agency just to name a few and just here in this city there are nine thousand federal government employees that are currently not receiving a paycheck for what you say about the employees as the two women try to map out a strategy to financially survive the shutdown the challenges mount as defeated thinks about the deadlock over the funding for donald trump's border war she's increasingly fed up they're supposed to hear our voices into things like nobody's listening and some a message to washington. and i've said this before we are not we should not be used as your collateral damage in a political game in washington with workers in america losing out so the parcel

us shutdown has affected more than eight hundred thousand federal workers as we've mentioned and they've now missed a second paycheck well the trump ministration is taking a lot of heat over what some cabinet members are suggesting for people who haven't been paid you have more on the story sara and i have quite a few examples actually in social media was quick to pick up on comments made by commerce secretary well the multi-millionaire suggested workers get a loan to cover their expenses. the veins in the credit union should be making credit available to them when you think about it these are basically government guaranteed loans because the government has committed these folks will get their bare bones this whole thing good search all day oh so there really is no good excuse why there really should be able to coordinate the crisis well so secretary ross did speak out after that interview saying we are painfully aware of

the hardships inflicted all i was trying to do is make sure that they're aware that there are possible other things that could help somewhat mitigate their problems to the fed there are some banks and credit unions offering loans but for many workers living paycheck to paycheck they may not even be an option u.s. senate minority leader charles schumer says ross comments show he's out of touch secretary rice's comments are the twenty first century equivalent of let them eat cake many of these federal employees live paycheck to paycheck secretary ross they just can't call their stockbroker and ask them to sell some of their shares the house speaker nancy pelosi also responded to ross's comments and then tweets a trump unease that the nearly one million hardworking americans who are going to be receiving their paychecks for a second time can just ask their dads for money and she had stopped holding them

hostage now president trumps daughter annoys also facing criticism after an interview she gave about the government shutdown. listen this is it's not fair to you and we all get that but this is so much bigger than any one person it is a little bit of pain but it's going to be for the future of our country and their children and their grandchildren and generations after them will think them for their sacrifice right now well she did respond off that she's mine to trump's on eric and she tweeted that the media misrepresented homewards in that interview and if anything she's empathetic to those not receiving that pay well the pasha's shut down doesn't like it's ending any time soon so we'll definitely keeping across that story for you in the coming days yes sir thank you and we also break down the partial u.s. government shutdown day by day that hits the one month mark so you can head to al jazeera dot com and you can find this time the timeline excuse me on our website.

now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world and qatar is saying it will hand over a fifteen million dollars donation for gaza to the u.n. that's after the palestinian group hamas rejected the funding this comes as hundreds of protesters gathered for the weekly demonstrations near the border fence of the gaza strip the health ministry is saying twenty two palestinians have been injured including fourteen minors and the rallies which began last month march are calling for palestinian refugees to be allowed to return to their former homes now inside israel they're also demanding the end of israel's twelve year blockades of the gaza strip cha stratford has more from gaza. this the forty fourth week of friday protests along gaza's border this one of five locations across the border along the border where protests to happening. we've seen a lot of tear gas fired the ministry of health already saying that a number of people have been treated for what they describe as injuries received

from live ammunition being shot by the israeli army now these protests happen already happening only a few hours after an announcement by casa's envoy to gaza saying that the money that was jus to be delivered here as part of an aid package comes as an agreement that was set in november. money at least fifty million dollars that house refused to accept yesterday because what it described is conditions that were being put upon it by israel as anyone else saying that that money will be directed to aid projects here in gaza with the coordination of the u.n. we understand that the first signing of those kind of coordination agreements with the u.n. will happen on monday meanwhile. says that with or without this cash these protests that we've seen here every week since march will continue until israel lifts siege al-jazeera gaza internees or the number of people. killed

by floods and landslides has now risen to fifty nine many villagers living near an overflowing dam in the south sulawesi province had to be evacuated thousands more have been forced to leave their homes since tuesday after torrential rain triggered severe flooding across the region earlier this month another landslide in java killed thirty two people once again if you're watching us on facebook you're about to see another historic moment in the world of film it's the story of the first ever indigenous woman nominated for the oscar as best actress category coming up later on the newsgroup qatar reaches the semifinals of the asian cup for the first time in their history so i will be here with more from the tournament in abu dhabi but first a check on the weather. thank

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the latest news as it breaks to different views about pinball is paul tells us in fight this to him to come to grips with this time both with truth is to not come up with detailed coverage bio has already said that he's ready to take over as interim president and calls for you elections. from around the world all the kids are doing what they can that's not the point behind the government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary. on counting the cost plenty of no shows in damage but lots of talk from leaders there about an economic slowdown what the chinese president said about gray rhinos and black swans boss and

the cost of holding the u.s. budget to ransom. counting the cost and i just. find out what people are talking about in sports today in front of something i know that you're very excited about that's in the last hour that's all made it through to the asian cup semifinals for the first time in the history off to a tense one zero win over continental heavyweight south korea korean fans a thought they had taken the lead in abu dhabi as this free kick hit the post and whistled the net just after was caught as abdel-aziz had him a got the winner. yet it can be a goal at the twenty nine hundred eighteen cup the supporters have being unable to

travel to the emirates due to the blockade on gaza but they have been celebrating at home he said helm i like was with them. there is a huge excitement here and talk to qatar going to do that and you can hear the world around me qatar going to. the semifinals of the asian cup is going to be for the first time in their history that they're going to be in the last hole of this competition they've really upset the applecart in the u.a.e. and there's so much happiness around me i was there i don't often stadium a few thousand live in one qatar preliminary to the stage there was so much disappointment but goes on happy things of that turned into you know really european faces right now at the time it is victory we don't know how far they can go but the expectations the radio i know that qatar could go through the front of the even i win this competition you never know they know little gold yet so far that's the way the scots ought to go they're going to be going up against

a really difficult talks that you don't know whether they get to do it all right now these fans ok they're just going to celebrate this huge historic victory book at our. south korea say goodbye to the tournament to spare thought for their fans that they'll be going through the same emotions as this iraqi photographer for the asian cup but this post shows him hiding his grief behind the lens when his team was kicked out by qatar in the last sixteen. while qatar preparations for their hosting of the twenty twenty two world cup aren't being hindered by blockade on the country as according to the head of organizing committee hasn't the why the well he's at the world economic forum in davos where he told al-jazeera that the wool cup was being chance changes to both qatar and its improving a national team. the transformative power of hosting a tournament like the world cup is not just limited to the national team but no doubt it will invigorate the national team and we have

a fantastic example in east asia you know in japan south korea when they host a tournament you can see where their teams are today you can see where their leagues are today there is no dust they will have that knock on effect what i'd like to also emphasize is these tournaments have a knock on effect in terms of social events and economic events as well and we are working very hard to capture as much as possible these benefits and so that these benefits remain beyond twenty twenty two and these benefits are felt beyond the state of for the middle east and the arab world. and the world cup is not going to help to think. the blockade and so she's around that's. issues of the blockade is a unilateral action taken by the blockading nations against qatar. and you know for us we've always said that this world cup is a regional tournament it is a tournament for the people of the region it is a tournament that we that we work very hard and we're working very hard to ensure that the people of the region benefit from it and i think it's a testimony to the resilience of the state of the people of terms of being able to overcome such an obstacle and now honestly we're focusing on delivery deliveries

coming along very very well as i said projects are coming along the pipeline according to schedule and we're ready to deliver and host the world in twenty twenty two. human rights watch report twenty one things that i still need to be somewhat in terms of workers' rights and that's something we've always agreed to i mean i've never personally i've never said that the work is done on the back as a matter of fact every time we've spoken to international organizations every time we've discussed the progress and the significant progress of the state of couple has made and work we have always said that more work needs to be done i don't believe any nation can rest on its laurels and say that everything has been done in relation to labor reforms a work of welfare reforms and there is no different however what is very positive is the fact that there's a recognition of significant progress being made good work being done on the ground and being done in a way where it's sustainable for the long term not short term solutions or band-aid solutions and that is exactly what we're looking for looking for long term

solutions in terms of labor reforms and we're very proud of but again there's a lot more work to be done. to punish the football associations of both talent and. to help. the. bank called prison for almost two months after being arrested on his honeymoon. could be told to. if every effort is not mine and if the life of hockey malory be in the eyes of the football governance officials and the football community is not equally as valuable as by the lives of the officials as my life is feel or yours or of the billions of dollars of influence that is brought to bear in this particular case then the soul of football is dead well of course you

can track this whole case all craig fosters a twitter feed very question.